Rainbow leaves on the ground
Sharing the sidewalk with empty cigar wrappers
The street smells like cinnamon, rain, and gasoline
The air is filled with noises and screams
As children race down the street
School’s out, it’s only three
You told me to meet you at the corner
So you could grab a slice
Before we walked through the streets, aimless
On sweater weather timing, shameless
We share a ‘rita on the piers
And watch the high school soccer games
I’d lay in muddy grass any day
As long I get to see your face
On every beautiful fall day
Do you want to meet?
We can take the E
End up in Manhattan
Wandering around 7th ave
Wondering when it will be our time
Watching as they decorate Christmas lights
Though it’s only October
The nights are getting colder
Let’s dance under the trees
And for a moment, it’ll seem like
We’re high on a mountain top, far away
Until a car horn and the smell of street food brings us back to reality.